Cognitive Psychology

2 books

Scientific study of mental processes including perception, attention, memory, language, thinking, and problem-solving using experimental methods.

Goals

To understand cognitive processes through scientific investigation. To analyze perception, memory, attention, and reasoning. To examine how people acquire, process, and use information and apply cognitive principles to learning, decision-making, and everyday cognition.

Books

  • Cover of The Invisible Gorilla

    The Invisible Gorilla

    Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons, 2011

  • Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman, 2011

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